Apple MacBook Pro

550 Artists Use This

"It's an easy computer to bring out quickly, easy to put down and pick up. It starts quickly and never has any performance issues. It's incredibly light for the performance of it, especially the new model. Even running Boot Camp Windows on it for my music, it works, like, amazing."

The M Machine use a MacBook Pro as the center of their live setup. Using a combination of Ableton, Max for Live, and an iPad, they are able to synchronize the lighting up of the giant "M" to their audio tracks.

The center of David Guetta's studio is his MacBook Pro, running Logic Pro software. His essential gear consists of this laptop, a MIDI controller, and UAD DSP card. He can be seen in action producing on his MacBook in YouTube videos.

In this Facebook photo, Bassjackers can be seen creating music on two MacBook Pros. The closest one appears to be at least a 15" model, if not a 17" model; however, it's impossible to distinguish the model of the furthest one as any distinguishing features (such as the width of the unibody panels alongside the keyboard) are blocked by an arm.

In this Facebook photo of DotEXE's studio setup, his Apple MacBook Pro can be seen in use to the right of the picture. DotEXE says, "Just built this huge desk the other day... Every nerd needs his space right?"

In this [blog](http://www.coldplay.com/archive.php#!prettyArticle/65/) by Coldplay's roadie Matt Miller, a photo inside Coldplay's studio can been seen of Will Champion using a MacBook Pro. Coldplay have many times stated that they use Macs for nearly everything, from mixing to personal computers.

In the picture is Cliff's mobile studio he used while recording the soundtrack of Only God Forgives in Thailand:
http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2013/06/03/only-god-forgives-those-who-arent-impressed-with-cliff-martinezs-mobile-stu

By late summer, they were ready to take the best of those ideas and turn them into songs. With Vannucci manning an Apple MacBook Pro equipped with Logic Pro 8, the band recorded rough versions of the songs and sent them to Price, who edited, rearranged and otherwise manipulated the tracks from his London studio. “Sometimes these demos would be re-arranged three or four times until we felt like we got it right,” says Vannucci.

An Apple MacBook Pro be seen in front of his Adam A77Xs. Looks like a 2008 version or earlier based on the absence of the black keyboard and the fact that this image was probably taken on September 03, 2008 [or earlier](http://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/benny-benassi-tells-you-how-to-create-a-dance-anthem-171965/).

"I’m using to 2 MacBook Pro laptops both with Mainstage. The upper keyboard (Impulse) center, and lower right Studiologic are the controllers. I use these exclusively for the retro-simulations and complex orchestral patches. For instance, I use a number of some 3rd party plugins such as: IK Sampletank, Omnisphere, G-Media, M-tron etc. Both computers are loaded with these plugins. It is very helpful in recreating the retro analogue keys sounds from the early Yes stuff such as mellotrons, organs, electric pianos, church organs, Minimoogs etc."

[This article](http://www.emusician.com/gear/1332/school-of-seven-bells/40652) from *Electronic Musician* on the recording of SVIIB's debut album explains, "The twins were recorded either together or separately into a [Neumann U87](http://equipboard.com/items/neumann-u87-condenser-microphone), [Universal Audio SOLO/610 preamp](http://equipboard.com/items/universal-audio-solo-610-tube-preamp), a Focusrite interface and MacBook Pro running [Logic](http://equipboard.com/items/apple-logic-pro-9). 'A lot of times we'll record the vocals before doing anything else,' Curtis explains."

Fatboy Slim is running [Serato DJ](http://equipboard.com/items/serato-scratch-live-dj-software) on his MacBook Pro. [This article](http://www.musicradar.com/us/news/tech/interview-fatboy-slim-on-going-digital-as-a-dj-and-as-a-producer-546858) from *Music Radar* confirms his use of the MacBook by writing "The Atari still gets plugged in for the occasional project – more of that later – but his current daily studio is all housed in a couple of MacBook Pros."

during this gig jake can be seen using a macbook laptop. this laptop is used to run protools via midi. this allows for them to not used cables or pedals live. during the begining of the show jake pauses their protools session in order for him and their sound guy to troubleshoot issues with their click track

In this [*Premier Guitar* Rig Rundown feature](http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/25029-rig-rundown-gang-of-fours-andy-gill), we see that Gill's guitar rig includes two MacBook Pro laptops, each running Apple's Mainstage software.

COFFEY: What are you using these days for production? Hardware, software, all in box, etc?
KURSA: KRK Rokit 8 G2?s, MacBook Pro, Logic 9, Camel Audio (Alchemy and Fabfilter Pro-Q are featured in everything I do!) Oh, and most recently my Nintendo DSi with the Corgi DS10 game is going to be featured in a LOT of my works. I love it so much :D

When I started making electronic music I was mainly using software like Cakewalk, Impulse Tracker, Rebirth as well as any additional freeware I could find. The first hardware I bought was the Yamaha CS1x and Boss Dr. Sample 202 plus some random FX pedals. My family wasn't exactly rich so I had to work within my limitations. I think this had a lot to do with how I approach making music to this day. Now I still have a quite simple set-up using a Macbook Pro running Ableton Live and some MIDI Controllers. I don't really use many plug-ins apart from a few go-to's like Michael Norris' SoundMagic Spectral plugins and Native Instruments Reaktor + Massive. For the most part I've found that the built-in Ableton plugins are sufficient.

"I use Ableton Live for live looping and I use Mainstage for running live instruments. This all goes through a Macbook Pro an a MOTU Ultralite audio interface. I use Faderfox midi controllers which I love…"

In this Instagram pic we can see in center of the desk Apple MacBook. On the pic they say: "Our hotel tour gear on point today!
For that dj/producer equipment software advice and studio solutions check it out @tonecontrolods !!!!! #music #tonecontrol #studio #gadget #netherlands"

In their interview with the Phoenix New Times, The Twelves, in response to the question, "What tools do you use to create your music?", they responded: "Ableton Live, a MacBook Pro and some MIDI keyboards and sound cards."

Blank Banshee makes his Mac usage very clear across his YouTube, Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook pages. In this photo, based on the inputs/outputs on the side of the laptop, you can see that one of his Macbooks is a 2011 Macbook Pro.

An Apple Macbook Pro can be seen in this Instagram picture, uplaoded by the artist himself.
Second Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/BPrJgkTg4B- (Giving the aesthetics of it, it seems to be an Apple Macbook Pro)

To complete the sound, the computer and software come into play. The audio signal of the Eurorack system is then routed to a MOTU audio interface connected on a MacBook Pro with Ableton Live 9. There, the sounds are further processed with software effects.

Throw the retina model on your Want list, when the time comes sell your MBP on eBay (it holds its value provided you didn't decimate it), that's what I did :) Seriously though, retina display is night and day, much lighter, battery life is amazeballs, and it doesn't heat to surface of the sun levels. Only issue is several music apps haven't optimized for the retina display, so watch out for that...

True. I don't mean to knock the Macbook Pro in and of itself, I just hate this idea people get that they "need" one. The Macbook Pro isn't the only option, but it IS a great one if you can afford the barrier to entry (price)!

Without my Apple MacBook Pro I wouldn't be accomplishing as much as I do now. This computer is a beast. I use it for school, work and also some entertainment. The Apple MacBook Pro is very strong, robust computer with a very fast processor, friendly navigation and excellent graphics. I take my MacBook Pro everywhere I go simply because I' m always using it. I recently converted to Mac and I don't plan to go back anywhere else, anytime soon!

Apple makes a superior product. Their MacBook Pro beats almost any laptop in the market. I can attest to this by the fact that I went through around nine different laptops in the later stage of my business career as an executive. The MacBook is fast, simple to use, and has exceptional aesthetics. I'm an Apple convert for life.

I don't like people who start to use Mac after having used Windows for ages and after some time claim that it's soo much better and shit... but I'm slowly but surely turning into one of those. If you ask me, Mac really is much better than Windows. There, I said it. Sure, it's also much more expensive, but the reason I'm writing this here is that my computer is part of my professional toolbox these days and not just some piece of luxury to show off. So there's my justification, where is yours?

I'm a Mac Man, and I still have all my old ones. My Mac Book pro is the best one I ever had. Of course is equipped with max ram and max Flash SSD drive. Now I can really bring with me my entire virtual studio.